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I enjoyed your MMs today! The story of the jeans, oy. And at a Cancer Institute?! The "where" it's happening is what maddens me most. I know going to the hospital is beyond stressful as is, and if I was in your shoes today there's really no telling how I'd react to such nonsense... Bravo to you and your response.

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It was all just so bizarre! I’m telling myself that he was on pain meds. That’s the only excuse for such bad manners. :)

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That’s the only acceptable explanation I concluded to as well. ;)

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I will never for the life of me understand what motivates people to try to dictate how other people live, dress, whatever. Mind your own #$%* business, Elevator Guy.

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I'd like to say other generations do better, but, alas, they don't. I've decided he was on drugs and should be forgiven for being an arse.

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What is most interesting about Mr. Elevators comment is the breathtakingly layered layered disingenuousness. He is a true artist!

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A very animated artist! His cockroach antennae eyebrows wiggled furiously while he admonished my attire and all but patted my sweet empty female noggin.

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Proud to be mentioned as a fellow ‘questionable taste in clothing’ friend. 😜 Reminds me of someone I know who thinks everyone cares what he thinks about everything even though almost no one ever does. 🙄🤣

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Years from now we will bury you in your questionable attire, my dear friend! ❤️

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You handled that much more gracefully than I probably would have...

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Hahaha! I've been working for a few decades on extending grace. I'm far from having it mastered and have some pretty unholy moments at times.

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That just seems like life to me: grace, unholiness, grace, unholiness -- a see-saw that never really ends.

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Great visual! The NeverEnding See-Saw.

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Amazing the things people say- so much should be kept to themselves

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One of my favorite quotes is by Anne Lamott speaking about the PTO moms she vehemently disliked: "I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish."

Those are the kinds of thoughts we should leave in our heads and work out with Jesus.

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I had a hard time settling on my mid-week post, the "collecting things" was kind of a last minute brainstorm yesterday. Tough sometimes!

No one likes the fashion police.

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I loved your midweek post this week! In fact, I got TWO posts today on collecting. Yours on collecting in general:

https://howaboutthis.substack.com/p/curious-realizer-collecting-things

And Scott Hines wrote about his collection of kitchen gadgets:

https://actioncookbook.substack.com/p/confessions-of-a-kitchen-gadget-obsessive

I enjoyed these so much! They have me thinking about my own collections.

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When I retired as an addiction counselor I returned to my former garb when I was a sheetrock hanger, namely bib overalls.

Since my mother is no longer with us to buy me a new pair every Christmas I wind up with a pair of holes that neatly line up with my bicycle seat. I only spring for a new pair when the holes at the knee get so big that I have a hard time getting my feet through the legs without catching in the gap

As for the bibs themselves I've noticed that they come back in fashion about once a decade and the last time, Kanye West was wearing a pair.

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